New Zealand's Electrical and Electronical Product Mutual Recognition Agreements
New Zealand has a number of active MRAs with it's trading partners that allow Testing, certification and/or Approvals to meet NZ's "Mandatory Requirements" to be carried in the trading partner's territories.
In most cases the MRAs retain NZ's Standards but adopt the foreign accreditation processes based on ISO guidelines.
The MRAs also allow testing, certification and inspections to the partners requirements to be carried out in NZ. For more information see Information for Exporters. Some MRAs also include an obligation to keep up to date information available on the participant's Regulatory Systems.
New Zealand's MRAs also contain provisions for Regulatory
Co-operation including sharing of information on product surveillance and enforcement action.
NZ has Electrical and Electronic Product/Equipment (EEE) MRAs with:
New Zealand and Australia Regulators also have mutual Recognition systems in place that recognise each others Regulatory Approvals (see ERAC Recognition Arrangement).
NZ also has EEE MRAs under negotiation with:
- The Peoples Republic of China and
- The ASEAN community.
Electrical Equipment imported from Australia
Australia is one of our largest trading partners and much electrical equipment is imported into New Zealand from Australia.
Taiwan Mutual Recognition Arrangement
Taiwan Mutual Recognition Arrangement
Asia-Pacific economic co-operation (APEC)
Presentation on the Brunei APEC meeting
The People's Republic of China
The People's Republic of China
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